Baltimore police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting in which three teenagers were shot late Wednesday.

Baltimore police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting in which three teenagers were shot late Wednesday.

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Updated: 8:55 PM EDT Jul 23, 2015

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WEBVTT LISA ROBINSON IS LIKE IN CITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN WITH THE LATEBREAKING DETAILS. LISA: 25 EUROS KEON WHITE IS BEHIND BARS SPARED POLICE SAY HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING THOSE CHILDREN. THE 800 BLOCK OF NORTH GLOVER STREET IS QUIET NOW, BUT WAS NEVER BECAME A CRIMES SCENE WITH THE THREE TENORS WERE SHOT. POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WITH A COMMUNITY DISPUTE. THERE WAS A DISPUTE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN WHAT APPEARS TO BE NEIGHBORS. THAT DISPUTE ESCALATED AND MORE INDIVIDUALS CAME TO THE AID OF THEIR LOVED ONES, TO INCLUDE THESE KIDS. AS A RESULT, IT ESCALATED TO WHERE OUR INDIVIDUAL SUSPECT SHOT INTO THE CROWD, TO INCLUDE THOSE THREE CHILDREN. LISA: ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THERE WAS A FIGHT ON THE STREET, AND HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SISTER WAS TRYING TO BE A PEACEMAKER. SHE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE KNEE AREA. POLICE SAY 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND BOY WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND SHOULDER AND A 15 EUROS BOY SHOT IN THE CHEST. THE INTERIM TO BE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES A THUMBS-UP FOR HELPING THEM RIGHT AND ARREST 25-YEAR-OLD KEON WHITE. WE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO IDENTIFY KEON WHITE . WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY KEON WHITE IF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAD NOT HAD STAYED OUTSIDE AND INTERACTED WITH PATROL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WEIRD WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A SUSPECT VEHICLE DESCRIPTION LAST NIGHT. BALTIMORE PATROL OFFICERS HUNTED DOWN THAT VEHICLE, FOUND IT, GOT DETECTIVES INVOLVED, AND WE EDIFY THE OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE, KEON WHITE. LISA: KIRSTEN LIVES ON NORTH GLOVER STREET AND SAYS THE SHOOTING MAKES HER WANT TO KEEP HER SON CLOSER. IT IS TERRIBLE THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE RATES IT IS HAPPENING. I DO NOT REALLY WANT MY SON TO COME OUTSIDE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. LISA: POLICE SAY THEY WANT TO CLEAR ALL CASES AS FAST AS THEY CLEARED THIS ONE, BUT THEY NEED

Officials announce arrest in east Baltimore triple shooting

Baltimore police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting in which three teenagers were shot late Wednesday.